ASO3 Finance Support Officer

Department for Education, South Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 74,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Education, South Australia in Adelaide is seeking a Finance Support Officer to deliver a range of financial and accounting services for pre-schools, including processing transactions, maintaining ledgers and providing timely financial reporting to multiple sites.

The role operates in a dynamic environment with change and competing priorities, supporting site leaders with accurate financial information to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Essential: Nil
• Desirable: Qualifications in Finance, Accountancy or Business

Responsibilities

• The Finance Support Officer is responsible for delivering a range of financial and accounting services to support the financial operations of pre-schools including processing financial transactions, maintaining ledgers and providing accurate financial reporting to multiple preschools in a timely manner.
• The role also provides quality, timely and accurate financial information services and customer centric support to assist site leaders with making effective decisions.

Job description

Why work with us

Every child and young person deserves a great education.

Department for Education

Job reference: 861316

Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE

Job status: Ongoing

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Why work with us

Every child and young person deserves a great education.

We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child’s potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing.

Together we will make our education system the best it can be.

When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.

About The Role

The Finance Support Officer is responsible for delivering a range of financial and accounting services to support the financial operations of pre-schools including processing financial transactions, maintaining ledgers and providing accurate financial reporting to multiple preschools in a timely manner. The role also provides quality, timely and accurate financial information services and customer centric support to assist site leaders with making effective decisions.

This position operates in a complex environment of rapid change, reform and competing priorities where the Department, through a team within central office, undertakes the financial transaction processing and reporting on behalf of individual sites in order to improve of financial operations of schools and preschool and to meet departmental goals.

Qualifications

Essential: Nil

Desirable: Qualifications in Finance, Accountancy or Business

Special conditions

The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry.

The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

Remuneration

ASO3 $74,095 - $78,694 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (12%) and leave loading

Enquiries

Enquiries can be directed to Tracey Aberle, A/Director, EMS Finance Transition, via tel: [phone] or email: [email protected]

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

Additional Note

Multiple positions available.

3x full-time (1.0 FTE) ongoing roles.

1x part-time (0.4 FTE) term-contract for initial 12 months.

Applications close:

01/11/2026 11:30 PM

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.